Borehole 3246/4 (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Urlingford

Where: Kilkenny, Ireland (52.7° N, 7.6° W: paleocoordinates 12.7° S, 3.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus mehli conodont zone, Ballysteen Limestone Formation, Ivorian (353.8 - 346.7 Ma)

• "upper part of the Ballysteen Limestone"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone

• "relatively deep off-shore"
• "thin-bedded crinoidal limestone"

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

• Trinity College collection

•samples were dissolved in formic acid before picking

Primary reference: M. Duncan. 2004. Chondrichthyan genus Lissodus from the Lower Carboniferous of Ireland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):417-428 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90695: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Phoebodontiformes - Phoebodontidae
Thrinacodus incurvus
Thrinacodus incurvus Newberry and Worthen 1866 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus sp.
Lissodus sp. Brough 1935 elasmobranch
multiple morphotypes